" More than eighty years ago, before we knew much about the structure of cells, Russian botanist Boris Kozo-Polyansky brilliantly outlined the concept of symbiogenesis, the symbiotic origin of cells with nuclei. It was a half-century later, only when experimental approaches that Kozo-Polyansky lacked were applied to his hypotheses, that scientists began to accept his view that symbiogenesis could be united with Darwin's concept of natur ..."
Vskipaet lava . i p'esy (Russian Edition) by VictorFet Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2022 by Evertype ISBN-13: 978-1-78201-301-3, ISBN: 1-78201-301-6
"In Russia, the initial euphoria of the Bolshevik leaders for a new socialist society, combined with a commitment to a truly universal health care system, gave a huge boost to the emergence of both the eugenic and medical aspects of human genetics. The obstacles that proved so formidable to the successful launch of the field in the West-the lack of available data on the genealogy of diseases in families, the difficulty in getting a stati ..."
"The first Russian translation of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" appeared in Moscow in 1879, fourteen years after the publication of original. It bore the title "Sonja in a Kingdom of Wonder" and was printed by Mamontov's Press. The text was printed in old Russian orthography (that is, using the old letters “і” and “ѣ”, and “ъ” at the ends of words, etc.) which was supplanted by the spelling reform of 1918. No name of the author, ill ..."
"Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" is perhaps the most frequently translated and parodied English language poems into Russian. It is quite possible that no other country has managed to inspire so many translators to have a go at the difficult translation. Somehow, Lewis Carroll's poem has spoken to the Russian soul. The first person to produce a full Russian translation of the Snark is Victor Fet, who managed this feat in 1975. ..."
"This book reflects the spirit of times—when the most dramatic events of the 20th century were happening in Russia and the USSR.A transcription and translation of a 1967-68 interview with the founder of the Formalist School of literary theory, Viktor Shklovsky, this volume offers a slice of Russian micro-history, like the contributions of Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg but even more trustworthy because it relies on the living voice of ..."
"The book includes 22 chapters by 28 authors united by the single theme: biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. From the single-celled organisms in the Black Sea sand to the endemic cave crustaceans, from the mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the unique fauna of Bulgaria has been a subject of study of mostly Bulgarian zoologists for more than a century. This is the first monograph in English broad ..."
"[Arachnoidea Arthrogastra Caucasica. Pars I. Scorpiones]. Zapiski Kazvazskogo
Muzeya (Mémoires du Musée du Caucase) (Tiflis) A(5) (in Russian). English
translation: 1964. Arthrogastric Arachnids of Caucasia. 1. Scorpions. Jerusalem:
Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Bonacina, A., 1980. Sistematica
specifica e sottospecifica del complesso “Euscorpius germanus” (Scorpiones,
Chactidae). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Na ..."
"The book gives a complete account of the biogeography, animal and plant ecology and natural conservation in Turkmenistan. This region within the former USSR borders on Iran and Afghanistan and includes both deserts and arid mountains. Turkmenistan, and especially the mountains of Kopetdagh, is an extremely important region for historical biogeography, as a corridor and filter between the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and ..."
"This book examines the heritage of Victor Shklovsky in a variety of disciplines. To achieve this end, Slav N. Gratchev and Howard Mancing draw upon colleagues from eight different countries across the world—the United States, Canada, Russia, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, and China—in order to bring the widest variety of points of view on the subject. Viktor Shklovsky’s Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy is more t ..."
"This book is a unique scholarly attempt to examine Don Quixote from multiple angles to see how the re-accentuation of the world’s greatest literary hero takes place in film, theatre, and literature. To accomplish this task, eighteen scholars from the USA, Canada, Spain, and Great Britain have come together, and each of them has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. For the first time, Don Quixote is discussed from the point ..."
"Den Iskusstva (The Day of the Art) was published first work of Bakhtin – Art and Answerability that became his literary manifesto. in a variety of disciplines. To accomplish this task, sixteen scholars from 8 countries (USA, Canada, Spain, Great Britain, France, Russia, Chile and Japan) have come together, and each of them has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. For the first time, Mikhail Bakhtin will be discussed from ..."
" Chimeras and Consciousness begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientist-scholars from a range of fields -- including biochemistry, cell biology, history of science, family therapy, genetics, microbial ecology, and primatology -- trace the emergence and evolution of consciousness. Complex behaviors and the social imperatives of ba ..."
"Дарвин улыбнулся... "У мистера Уэллса есть аппарат, позволяющий путешествовать в прошлое." "Неужели?" рассмеялась Алиса. "Это похоже на волшебные сказки, которые придумывает мистер Додсон!" -- На страницах этой книги 14-летняя Алиса, ученица Чарльза Дарвина, встречает мистера Уэллса. Он прибыл из конца столетия для обсуждения срочных и тревожных проблем, связанных с Приключениями Алисы. В обсуждении участвует предполагаемый автор знамен ..."
Alice and the Time Machine A Tale inspired by Lewis Carroll's Wonderland and H. G. Wells' The Time Machine by VictorFet, Byron W. Sewell Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2016 by Evertype ISBN-13: 978-1-78201-156-9, ISBN: 1-78201-156-0
""Mr Wells has a time machine that allows him to travel backwards into the past." Alice giggled. "That's very funny, Mr Darwin. It sounds like something Mr Dodgson might dream up in one of his fairy tales." -- Here, a fourteen-year-old Alice, an apprentice to Charles Darwin, meets Mr Wells who arrives from the end of the century to discuss some urgent and disturbing issues related to Alice's Adventures with its alleged author, as well as ..."
Dollina Dolya, ili Mutantnyi Muton(Abridged) Dolly's Follies, or The Mutant Mouton (Russian Edition) by VictorFet, Byron W. Sewell Paperback, 114 Pages, Published 2019 by Createspace Independent Publis ISBN-13: 978-1-4538-2719-2, ISBN: 1-4538-2719-6
"It was originally written in Russian in 1998, soon after Dolly the Sheep was famously cloned in Scotland by Dr Ian Wilmut. Byron W. and Victoria J. Sewell assisted in preparation of the abridged English version."
"This book is a unique scholarly attempt to examine Don Quixote from multiple angles to see how the re-accentuation of the world’s greatest literary hero takes place in film, theatre, and literature. To accomplish this task, eighteen scholars from the USA, Canada, Spain, and Great Britain have come together, and each of them has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. For the first time, Don Quixote is discussed from the point ..."
"From single-celled organisms in Black Sea sand to endemic cave crustaceans, from mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the fauna of Bulgaria has been a subject of study for more than a century. This is the first English language survey of all vertebrate and many key invertebrate groups of Bulgaria, their faunistics, origin, geographical and ecological distribution, and conservation issues."